-=> bob klahn wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 RS>> resident as "Joe the Plumber," and used him as a walking
 RS>> metaphor for the American middle class.

 bk>>  Notice how Joe the Plumber never makes appearances in his
 bk>>  hometown? Could it be because there are too many here who could
 bk>>  show him up? Call him on his "image"?

 DD> Remember, an "expert" is some dude from out of town.

 bk>  I learned it as, an expert is anyone a hundred miles or more
 bk>  away from home.

And with a briefcase ...

... The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it - L. J.
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